A Girls' Cycling Compendium

I have always had an affinity for hills.  It doesn’t have to be mountains – although a decent, properly craggy top will always gra...

I rode! , a photo by jumbly on Flickr. I've been more ill than not so far this year. It has seriously hindered bike riding, running and...

Minx met Ruth because she lived 'just down the road' so it was an excuse for hand-delivered orders and gradually longer bike-chat...

After an eventful Christmas ski trip, culminating in a short flight in a helicopter to hospital and some frantic attempts to remember long-...

Last Saturday morning 11 hardy souls gathered to celebrate a friend's birthday at the Gin Pit...no, not some dodgy illegal drinking den,...

Yesterday afternoon I went back to the scene of the crime and it's fair to say, it was more of a challenge than I expected. I know I...

Regular readers will remember the guest post from Lesley back in August, and her start back to cycling fitness after a diagnosis of (and s...

I've now had almost three months off the bike following my ungracious crash back in October - I did sneak a few rides in early on, but g...

I saw a tweet from a random girl I'd never met about a ladies' ride she was organising, open to all, described as "easy paced...

Finally we're beyond the Autumnal flim flam. The weather isn't cheating any more. It looks cold out. It is cold out. It's lon...

It's getting cold now. And because cyclists' feet are stuck in a fixed position, they get cold in a way that runners' feet never...

It's been a while since I had a visit from the puncture fairy. Several months, definitely. But I pride myself on being competent at chan...

I started cycling as a quick means of getting to work (30 mins by bike vs a laborious 60 mins by tube). And then I found myself agreeing to ...

Accidentally picked hilliest route possible. Haribo stop needed. , a photo by jumbly on Flickr. I've been broken the last little while....

Recently a Kiwi friend was over in the UK for business and, in return for curry house recommendations, he offered to take back some Christma...

On Saturday, I headed down to Innerleithen with Katie and Gen to remind ourselves how to ride scary stuff after months of cross country and ...

Well, it was quite a weekend....quite a wet weekend that is! Chris and I arrived in Fort Bill on Saturday morning to the sound of rain patte...

There aren't any Scottish cross races on this weekend, so Chris and I had a wee think about what else we could do to keep us out of trou...

I'm not sure what it's like further south, but up here in Scotland, the leaves have well and truly turned and they're starting t...

I'd heard (at length) before my arrival about my goddaughter's new bike. "It's purple , Livvy" (said with great excite...